DKIM, which is an abbreviation for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an email validation system, which prevents email headers from being spoofed and email content from being meddled with. This is done by attaching an electronic signature to each and every message sent from an address under a particular domain. The signature is issued based on a private key that’s available on the outbound email server and it can be verified with a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. Thus, any message with modified content or a spoofed sender can be identified by email providers. This approach will enhance your worldwide web security substantially and you’ll know for sure that any e-mail message sent from a business ally, a banking institution, and so on, is legitimate. When you send out messages, the recipient will also be sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email message that appears to be fake may either be marked as such or may never reach the receiver’s mailbox, based on how the particular provider has decided to handle such email messages.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Web Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality is enabled by default for all domains that are hosted in a web hosting account on our cloud servers, so you will not have to do anything on your end to enable it. The only requirement is that the particular domain name should be hosted in a hosting account on our end using our MX and NS resource records, so that the e-mails will go through our mail servers. The private encryption key will be created on the server and the TXT record, which includes the public key, will be published to the Domain Name System automatically, so you won’t need to do anything manually on your end in order to enable this feature. The DomainKeys Identified Mail email validation system will allow you to send out trustworthy emails, so if you are sending a newsletter or offers to clients, for example, your email messages will always reach their target audience, while unauthorized 3rd parties won’t be able to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

All compulsory DKIM records will be set up automatically by our cloud hosting platform when you add a domain name as hosted in your semi-dedicated server account, so if you decide to purchase a semi-dedicated package, you will not need to set up anything to be able to use the email validation system. The domain name must use our name servers so that its DNS records can be managed on our end and if this prerequisite is satisfied, a private cryptographic key will be generated on our email servers and a public key will be added to the global DNS system by a special TXT record. All email addresses that you set up using the domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for third parties to spoof any address. Both you and your associates or customers can take advantage of this feature, as it will guarantee a much higher level of protection for your e-correspondence.